Staff Embedded Software Engineer (Robotics)

Location: On-site at the Santa Clara, CA headquarters; U.S. work authorization required. A relocation stipend is offered to candidates living more than 50 miles away.

Salary: $205,000–$235,000 per year, plus equity and comprehensive benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops robots designed to act as trusted extensions of their surroundings and improve human-robot interaction.

What you will do

• Design, implement, test, and maintain production embedded software in C++.
• Develop firmware, device drivers, hardware interfaces, diagnostics, and fault-handling mechanisms.
• Own software from requirements and integration through verification, release, and field support.
• Build reliable time-critical systems accounting for concurrency, resource limitations, edge cases, and hardware failures.
• Partner with Hardware, Systems, Controls, Safety, and Test teams to define and validate safe robot behavior.
• Lead root-cause investigations, technical decisions, architecture improvements, and engineering mentorship.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience developing embedded or firmware software for complex hardware systems.
• Strong recent hands-on C++ programming experience.
• Experience with microcontrollers or systems-on-chip, RTOS or embedded operating systems, device drivers, peripherals, and hardware bring-up.
• Strong knowledge of interrupts, memory management, communication protocols, timing, concurrency, and embedded debugging.
• Experience delivering software across the full development lifecycle and demonstrating technical leadership through design ownership, mentorship, or process improvements.
• U.S. work authorization and willingness to work on-site in Santa Clara are required.

Nice to have

• Experience in robotics, autonomous systems, automotive, aerospace, medical devices, industrial automation, or other high-reliability systems.
• Familiarity with IEC 61508, ISO 26262, ISO 13849, FMEA, FTA, HARA, or STPA.
• Experience with embedded Linux, QNX, AUTOSAR, FreeRTOS, Zephyr, or similar environments.
• Experience integrating sensors, actuators, motor controls, distributed compute systems, HIL testing, CI/CD, diagnostics, or field reliability.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on technical leadership in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Close collaboration across hardware, systems, controls, safety, and test disciplines.
• Equity and comprehensive benefits.
• Relocation stipend for eligible candidates.
• Occasional travel is expected.